Ken Page, top, and Dan Bailey, line workers for the Lansing Board of Water and Light, work to repair a downed power line Monday on River Street. The East Lansing Fire Department arrived at the scene and called in the Board of Water and Light to make the repair. The wire was likely damaged by a nearby tree, Page said. Matt Radick/The State News
Applied engineering science senior Sabrina Morris woke up at about 11 a.m. Monday to public safety officers pounding on her door.
A power line had fallen on the roof of her house at 121 River St. and was smoking, East Lansing fire Deputy Chief Tim Hull said.
A passerby noticed the smoke and called the East Lansing Fire Department, Hull said.
Morris was home by herself and walked to a friend’s apartment in the rain while firefighters blocked off her house with police tape as a precaution.
An energy company responded and fixed the broken power line.
No damage was done to the house.
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